Analysts are once again nitpicking the Dallas Cowboys from top to bottom as they head into the 2024 season. The concerns about the Cowboys’ culture under Jerry Jones have been the topic of discussion this week and now a former player is weighing in. After signing a new three-year deal for $36 million with the Houston Texans, former Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz went on the Pat McAfee Show where he compared the culture of both organizations.
Schultz told McAfee and the other hosts that the vibe at the Dallas facilities is that of one at a zoo. Referencing the facility tours that run constantly at AT&T Stadium and The Star in Frisco, the Texans star said in Houston that there’s “none of that.”
“There’s people literally going on tours while you’re lifting in the weight room,” Schultz said. “And they’ve got like a, they’ve got a one-way mirror for people to like look at, it’s literally, it’s a zoo, dude. There’s people tapping on the glass trying to get people’s attention as they’re doing power cleans or what not. It’s just… it’s different.”
“That’s the brand that they’ve built,” he continued. “That’s what Jerry Jones likes. That’s the way that they run things and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just you don’t realize how many eyeballs and how much that can maybe distract from stuff just in a locker room being in the facility until you go somewhere else and you’re like… holy crap, dude, there’s none of that. This is also a really well run organization in Houston.”
Stephen Jones: ‘We feel good about our culture’
Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones denied concerns that the franchise has a culture problem while speaking with the media at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last Tuesday before Schultz’s comments this week.
“I think, you know, from the organization on down, we feel good about our culture. You always want to be better; I will say that,” Jones said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “If your results aren’t winning the Super Bowl, I think everybody said how do you ultimately be the last guy standing. But I think overall, between organizationally, and between our coach, personnel department, I think our leadership on our team is outstanding. You know you are always going to have somebody who is going to say something.
“You know, if it’s not, it might be their particular thought process on why we may come up short. But personally, I don’t think it’s an issue.”
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